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Tag: Hunger Strike

June 8, 2017June 9, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Bundoran

Republican Garden

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While prominently located on the main street of Bundoran, with a beautiful view out across the Atlantic Ocean, you will not find reference to the Republican Garden (of Remembrance) in the town’s primary tourist brochure ‘Discover Bundoran’ or on the website of the same name. Clearly this is not something that will be to everyone’s taste and many will find it distasteful. Continue reading “Republican Garden” →

May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Londonderry / Derry

Hunger Strike Memorial

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Growing up in Northern Ireland at the time, I have very vivid memories of the 1981 hunger strike which lasted 217 days and resulted in the death of 10 republican prisoners. Continue reading “Hunger Strike Memorial” →

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